Modern English biography

_bur._ Norwood cemet. NESBIT, JOHN COLLIS (son of Anthony Nesbit 1778–1859). _b._ Bradford, Yorkshire 12 July 1818; constructed a galvanic battery 1833; lecturer upon scientific subjects; helped to manage his father’s school in London about 1841, eventually the school was converted into a chemical and agricultural college under his sole direction; obtained a large practice as a consulting and analytical chemist; F.G.S. and F.C.S. 1845; discovered important beds of coprolites in the Ardennes 1855; presented by the Farmers’ club and others with testimonial, value £300, 7 Dec. 1857; author of Lecture on agricultural chemistry at Saxmundham 1845; On Peruvian guano, its history, composition, and fertilising qualities 1852, 5 ed. 1852, translated into German 1853; On agricultural chemistry 1856; The history and properties of natural guanos, new ed. 1860. _d._ at the house of a friend at Barnes 30 March 1862. _Farmers Mag. May 1856 pp._ 415–6, _Jany. 1858 p._ 6, _May 1862 p._ 458; _Quarterly Journal of Geol. Soc._ (1863) _p. xix_; _I.L.N. 19 April 1862 p._ 394 _portrait_. NESBIT, ROBERT (son of Benjamin Nesbit, farmer). _b._ Bowsden, Durham 22 March 1803; educ. St. Andrews; tutor in family of Dr. Inverarity at Arbroath 1823–5; tutor in family of A. N. Groves at Exeter 1825; presbyterian minister 15 Dec. 1826; missionary of the Scottish missionary society at Bombay 1827–43; a student of Sanscrit, Hindustani, and Marathi; Free church minister at Bombay 1843–8, 1851 to death; revised the Marathi New Testament; author of Discourses, chiefly on doctrinal subjects, Bombay 1835, Berwick 2 ed. 1837. _d._ Bombay 26 July 1855. _J. M. Mitchell’s Memoir of R. Nesbit_ (1858) _portrait_. NESBITT, ALEXANDER. _b._ Ireland 1817; an enthusiast respecting Gothic architecture in connection with ancient domestic buildings; contributed the articles Baptistry, Church, etc. to Smith’s Dictionary of Christian Antiquities 1875–80; with his pen and pencil aided John Henry Parker in his Domestic architecture 1851; F.S.A. 26 May 1859, contributed many important papers to the Archæologia; made molds from ivory carvings, his process and his molds formed the groundwork of the Arundel Societies’ collection of fictile ivories; formed a collection of fragments of ancient glass, now in British museum; wrote introductions to W. Chaffers’ Catalogue of the collection of glass formed by F. Slade 1871, and to A descriptive catalogue of the glass vessels in South Kensington museum 1876. _d._ Oldlands, near Uckfield 21 June 1886. _Proc. of Soc. of Antiquaries xi_ 372 (1885–7). NESBITT, COSBY LEWIS. Second lieut. 60 foot 27 March 1824, lieut. col. 26 July 1844 to death; served throughout the Caffir war 1851–3. _drowned_ in fording the Keiskamma river, Cape of Good Hope 1 Oct. 1853. NESBITT, FRANCIS, stage name of Francis Nesbitt McCron. _b._ Manchester 1809; studied for the medical profession; acted in the English provinces and at Glasgow to 1840; arrived in Port Jackson, N.S.W. 7 Jany. 1841; played Pizarro at Victoria theatre, Sydney 1841; one of leading actors in Australia 1841 to death; toured round the colonies 1843–8; sailed for San Francisco 1848; returned to Sydney 1852. _d._ the hospital, Geelong, Victoria 1853. _bur._ in Geelong cemet., where a monument was placed over his grave by G. V. Brooke 1856. NESBITT, WILLIAM (son of John Nesbitt, wesleyan minister). _b._ Enniskillen 1824; on the staff of the Raphoe royal school 1841; educ. Dublin univ., B.A. 1844; professor of Latin Queen’s college, Galway 1849–54, and then professor of Greek 1854–64; professor of Latin at Belfast branch of Queen’s univ. 1864 to death; D.Lit of Queen’s univ. Sept. 1881. _d._ 24 Mount Charles, Belfast 26 Nov. 1881. _The Belfast News-Letter 28 Nov. 1881 p._ 5. NESFIELD, CHARLES. _b._ 1802; educ. Jesus coll. Camb., B.A. 1827, M.A. 1831; V. of Stratton, Wilts. 1833–64; V. of Headon with Upton, Notts. 1864 to death; author of Horace’s Art of poetry, translated into English verse By A Graduate of Cambridge 1854; Reformata filii confessio 1855. _d._ Headon vicarage 27 Oct. 1878. NESFIELD, WILLIAM ANDREWS (son of Wm. Nesfield, R. of Brancepeth, Durham). _b._ Chester-le-Street 19 Feb. 1793; entered Winchester school as fourth scholar 1806, went to Trin. coll. Camb. 1807; a cadet at Woolwich 1809; 2 lieut. 95 foot 26 June 1812; lieut. 89 foot 1814; lieut. 76 foot 1816; lieut. 48 foot 25 March 1817; lieut. on h.p. 24 Dec. 1818 to death; served in the campaign of the Pyrenees, at St. Jean de Luz, and in Canada; associate of Society of painters in water-colours Feb. 1823, a member 9 June 1823, resigned 14 June 1852; was famous for his pictures of waterfalls; a professional landscape gardener 1852; planned the horticultural gardens at South Kensington 1860, also the grounds at Arundel castle, Trentham and Alnwick; with C. Stanfield and others illustrated J. P. Lawson’s Scotland delineated 1847. _d._ 3 York terrace, Regent’s park, London 2 March 1881. NESFIELD, WILLIAM EDEN (eld. son of the preceding). _b._ Bath 2 April 1835; ed. at Eton; articled to Wm. Burn of London, architect; designed Kinmel park, Denbigh, Cloverley hall, Shropshire, the hall and church at Loughton, Essex, Farnham Royal church, and lodges at Kew gardens and Hampton court; a designer of all kinds of furniture; published Specimens of mediæval architecture, chiefly selected from examples of the 12th and 13th centuries in France and Italy 1861–2; resided 6 Waverley place, St. John’s wood, London. _d._ Brighton 25 March 1888. NESHAM, CHRISTOPHER JOHN WILLIAMS (son of Christopher Nesham, captain 63 foot). _b._ 1771; entered navy Jany. 1782; created a citizen of the French republic 17 Nov. 1789, for protecting a corn merchant named Planter from a furious mob at Vernon in Normandy Oct. 1789; presented with a sword by the assembly at Paris Jany. 1790; captain 29 April 1802; captain of the Intrepid, 64 guns July 1808 to Dec. 1809; took part in the capture of Martinique Feb. 1809; captain of the Melville, 74 guns, in the Mediterranean 1830–1; R.A. on h.p. 10 Jany. 1837; replaced on the active list 17 Aug. 1840; V.A. 9 Nov. 1846; admiral on h.p. 30 July 1852. _d._ Exmouth, Devon 4 Nov. 1853. _Paris municipalité, Assemblée, courone (sic) civique décernée à un Jeune Anglais, pour avoir suavé la vie à un Français_ 1790. NETHERCLIFT, FREDERICK GEORGE (son of the succeeding). _b._ 9 Sept. 1817; lithographic artist and printer with his father 1847–53; partner with Alexander Durlacher at 18 Brewer st. Golden sq. 1853–8; carried on business at 17 Mill st. Conduit st. 1858–66, at 10 Poland st. 1866–8, at 38 Brewer st. 1868–70, at 19 Air st. 1875–7; handwriting expert at 7 Theobald’s road 1881–3, and at 10 Bedford row 1883 to death; engaged in connection with the Irish commission 1889; is depicted in Charles Reade’s novel Foul Play 1869, under name of Underclift; published A collection of one hundred autograph letters 1849; The autograph miscellany 1855; The hand-book of autographs 1858–62; and the fac-similes in R. Sims’ The autograph souvenir 1863, and L. B. Phillips’ The autographic Album 1866; composer of Bend thy sail mariner, a song 1868. _d._ 33 Shaftesbury road, Hornsey rise, Middlesex 26 March 1892. _M. Williams’s Leaves of a life_ (1891) 265. NETHERCLIFT, JOSEPH. _b._ Whitchurch, Hampshire 8 Sept. 1792; lithographic artist and printer at 23 King William st. Strand, London 1833–51, at 100 St. Martin’s lane 1851–8, and at 113 St. Martin’s lane 1858 to death; was in partnership with his son 1847–53; a musician, gained a prize for the best madrigal; obtained a prize for production of transfer paper used in lithography; produced many documents in fac-simile by permission of the trustees of British Museum, such as The Magna Charta and The death warrant of Charles the First 1829; author of Autograph letters of illustrious women 1838; composer of Twenty four psalms and hymns, with accompaniments for the organ or piano 1842, and other music. _d._ 50 Sydney st. Brompton, London 8 April 1863. _bur._ Brompton cemet. _Cornhill Mag. Feb. 1885 pp._ 148–62. NETTLEFOLD, JOSEPH HENRY. _b._ London 1827; in a hardware business with his father and brother 54 High Holborn, London; managed the gimlet pointed wood screw branch of the business at Birmingham, in conjunction with Joseph Chamberlain, M.P., Chamberlain retired 1874; became a colliery proprietor and a wire manufacturer; business formed into a company as Nettlefolds, limited, with works at Smethwick; a member of Institute of mechanical engineers 1860; resided King’s Heath, Birmingham; presented his collection of David Cox’s paintings, valued at £40,000, to town of Birmingham Oct. 1881. _d._ Allean house, Pitlochry, Perthshire 22 Nov. 1881, personalty sworn as £287,000 Feb. 11, 1882. _Proc. of Instit. of mechanical engineers_ (1882) 9–10. NETTLESHIP, HENRY (eld. son of Henry John Nettleship of Kettering, Northamptonshire, solicitor). _b._ Kettering 5 May 1839; ed. at Lancing college, Durham sch. and at Charterhouse; scholar of C.C. coll. Oxford 3 April 1857–61; Hertford scholar and Gaisford prizeman 1859; Craven scholar 1861; B.A. 1861, M.A 1863; fellow of Lincoln college 20 Jany 1862–71, tutor and librarian 1862–8; lecturer in classics Christ Church 1863–8; assistant master at Harrow 1868–73; fellow of C.C. coll. 1873, tutor and librarian 1875; joint classical lecturer at C.C. coll. and Ch. Ch. 1873; Corpus professor of Latin 25 June 1878 to death; matric. at univ. of Berlin 1865, and attended lectures there one term; edited J. Conington’s P. Virgili Maronis 1858, another ed. 1881; J. Conington’s The satires of A Persius Flaccus 1872; Essays of Mark Pattison 1889; A. O. Seyffert’s A dictionary of classical antiquities 1891; M. Pattison’s Isaac Casaubon, 2 ed. 1892; author of Ancient lives of Vergil 1879; Lectures and essays on subjects connected with Latin literature and scholarship 1885; Contributions to Latin lexicography 1889. _d._ 17 Bradmore road, Oxford 10 July 1893. _I.L.N. 22 July 1893 p._ 94 _portrait_; _Graphic 22 July 1893 p._ 103 _portrait_. NETTLESHIP, RICHARD LEWIS (brother of the preceding). _b._ Kettering 17 Dec. 1846; ed. at Uppingham school 1858–65, captain 1863–5; scholar of Balliol coll. Oxf. 1864–9, fellow 1869 to death, tutor 1871, dean 1872; Hertford scholar 1866, Ireland scholar 1867, Craven scholar 1870; B.A. 1869, M.A. 1872; contributed The theory of education in Plato’s Republic to Evelyn Abbott’s Hellenica 1880, pp. 67–180; wrote A memoir of Thomas Hill Green, prefixed to the third volume of Green’s works 1880, pp. xi–clxi. _d._ between the Aiguille du Gouter and the Dome du Gouter 25 Aug. 1892, from exposure while attempting to ascend Mont Blanc. _bur._ at English church, Chamounix 29 Aug., memorial tablet placed in the antechapel of Balliol college, and a scholarship, tenable at the college by a student of music, founded by his pupils and friends. _Uppingham School Magazine Nov. 1892._ _I.L.N. 3 Sept. 1892 p._ 291 _portrait_. NEUBERG, JOSEPH. _b._ Heidingsfeld, close to Würzburg, Bavaria 21 May 1806; in business at Hamburg and at Nottingham; president of the People’s college; naturalised in England 16 June 1845; studied at univ. of Bonn 1850–3; friend of Thomas Carlyle 1848, and his voluntary secretary 1849; his companion and guide over the battle fields of Prussia 1852; published T. Carlyle’s works in German as, T. Carlyle über Helden Heldenverehrung und das Heldenthümliche in der Geschichte 1853, 2 ed. 1889; Geschichte Friedrichs des Zuieiten 1858–69. _d._ New Mount lodge, Windsor terrace, Hampstead 23 March 1867. _Baines’s Hampstead_ (1890) 378–80; _Macmillan’s Mag. Aug. 1884 pp._ 280–97; _J. A. Froude’s Thomas Carlyle ii_ 106–130 (1890). NEVAY, JOHN. _b._ Forfar 28 Jany. 1792; a handloom weaver at Forfar; wrote prose tales in various periodicals; several of his lyrics were translated into French and German; mentioned in Christopher North’s Noctes Ambrosianœ as John of ye Girnal; author of A pamphlet of rhymes 1818; A second pamphlet 1821; Emmanuel 1831, a sacred poem in nine cantos; The peasant, a poem in nine cantos 1834; The child of nature 1835; Rosalind’s dream 1853; The fountain of the rock 1855. _d._ Forfar 4 May 1870. _J. Grant Wilson’s Poets of Scotland ii_ 122–4 (1877). NEVILL, CHARLES WILLIAM (eld. son of Richard Janion Nevill of Llanelly, Carmarthenshire). _b._ 7 May 1816; ed. at Rugby 1830 etc.; copper smelter and colliery proprietor; sheriff of Carmarthenshire 1868; M.P. Carmarthen district 9 Feb. 1874 to July 1876. _d._ Westfa, Llanelly 7 June 1888. NEVILL, HENRY WILLIAM (son of Henry Nevill, farmer). _b._ Wherwell, near Andover, Hants 28 July 1819; baker at 23 Great Wild st. Drury Lane, London 1839–44, at 17 Sidmouth st. Clerkenwell 1842–52, at 16 Holborn Bars 1851–9; commenced using hot water ovens 1860; opened a large bakery at 37 Bingfield st. Caledonian road 1855, and ultimately additional bakeries at 94 Milkwood road, Herne hill 1871, the Harrow road, Leytonstone 1883, and at Avenue terrace, Acton lane, Acton 1885; he had 58 hot water ovens and used 3,000 sacks of flour a week; had the largest business in London, where Nevill’s household bread became everywhere well known. _d._ Ramsgate 18 Aug. 1889, will proved Oct. 1889, left his business, etc. to his son Robert Nevill, and his personalty of £288,256 17s. 1d. to his three daughters. _The Miller 2 Sept. 1889 p._ 307 _portrait_, _4 Nov. 1889 p._ 380; _The Baker’s record 24 Aug. 1889 p._ 6 _portrait_. NEVILLE, HENRY F. _b._ March 1822; educ. Maynooth coll.; missioner North Parish, Cork 1847; professor of logic Oct. 1850, and of theology 1852–69, in Maynooth college; D.D.; accompanied Dr. Moriarty to Rome as his theologian; created Monsignor by the Pope; minister of Passage and Monkstown 1870, and canon of Cork; parish priest of St. Finn Bars, dean and vicar general of Cork March 1875 to death; rector of Roman catholic univ. Dublin 1879; author of A few comments on Mr. Gladstone’s Expostulation, with some remarks on Vaticanism, 3 ed. 1875. _d._ Cork 15 Dec. 1889. _bur._ Blackrock graveyard 17 Dec. _The Cork Examiner 16 Dec. 1889 p._ 2, _18 Dec. p._ 2; _The Tablet 21 Dec. 1889 p._ 999. NEVILLE, JOHN GARSIDE. _b._ Manchester 1787; first appeared under Stephen Kemble at Whitehaven; acted in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dublin, York, and Hull; manager of Manchester theatre 1826–31; manager of various theatres in the north of England; played at the Lyceum, London 1839; acted at the Surrey in G. B. Davidge’s characters, appearing on Whit Monday 1839 as Chrystal Baxter in Haine’s Alice Gray; played Friar Lawrence to the Romeo and Juliet of the Cushmans at Haymarket 1846; very good as Peter Bell, Jonathan Wild, and the Old Commodore; generally took the heavy business; proprietor of Deptford theatre; acted under Edmund Falconer at the Lyceum 1861–2, and under F. B. Chattertan at Drury Lane, retired after the run of Amy Robsart 1873. _d._ 16 March 1874. _Theatrical Times iv_ 17–8 (1849) _portrait_; _The Era 22 March 1874 p._ 11. NEVILLE, PARK (son of Arthur Neville, surveyor to corporation of Dublin). _b._ Dublin 1812; educ. under Charles Vignoles, C.E., and William Farrell, architect; city engineer to corporation of Dublin 1851 to death; repaved the streets, and constructed new sewers 1853 etc.; carried out the Vartry waterworks, Dublin, at cost of £650,000; built cattle markets; made a street connecting Dame st. with Christ Church place at cost of £70,000; M.I.C.E. 5 Dec. 1865. _d._ 58 Pembroke road, Dublin 30 Oct. 1886. _Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. lxxxvii_ 424–7 (1886). NEVILLE, WILLIAM LATIMER (1 son of William Neville of St. Martin’s, Birmingham). _b._ Birmingham 1801; educ. Queen’s coll. Oxf., B.A. 1826, M.A. 1828; C. of Holy Trinity, Brompton, London to 1859; superintendent of West Indian mission to Western Africa 1859 to death; author of The necessity of Christ’s suffering, a sermon at East Orchard, Dorset 1836; A Catholic’s reply to some Dissenters by birth, education and conviction 1836; An answer to G. H. Stodart’s Reasons for secession 1836; Apostolical succession proved 1839; A treatise on the divine origin of the scripture 1844; and in West Indian Church Association occasional papers, Journal of a voyage from Plymouth to Sierra Leone 1858. _d._ Fallangia on the Rio Pongas, West Africa 7 July 1861. NEW, HERBERT. _b._ 1821; solicitor at Evesham 1843 to death; senior partner in firm of New, Prance, and Garrard, the firm failed with liabilities of about £300,000 April 1894; registrar of Evesham county court 1868 to death; member of Evesham town council, alderman to death, mayor several times; author of Simon de Montfort and the battle of Evesham 1874; Memoir of A Martin and funeral addresses 1879. _d._ Green hill, Evesham 28 Nov, 1893. NEW, STEVEN W. _b._ 1818; sang at Dr. Johnson tavern, Bolt court, Fleet st. London; chairman and musical director at several music halls; organist at Portland chapel, Portland st. London; composer of The English emigrant, ballad 1852; A selection of sacred music, as sung at Little Portland street chapel 1854; Charm of my life, ballad 1855; God’s presence in affliction, a sacred song 1856; The oath of allegiance, a song 1860; Who’s that tapping at the garden gate 1868; wrote nearly 100 pieces 1851–68. _d._ 21 Burton crescent, London, about 4 Sept. 1866. NEWALL, ROBERT STIRLING. _b._ Dundee 27 May 1812; employed under Robert M’Calmont London, experimenting on rapid production of steam; took out a patent for invention of wire rope which made submarine telegraphy possible 1840, established with his partners, Liddell and Gordon, works for the manufacture at Gateshead-on-Tyne 1840; made the telegraph cable laid between Dover and Calais 25 Sept. 1851, and many other cables; invented the brake-drum and cone for laying cables in deep seas 1853; made half of the first Atlantic cable 1858; gave his 25 inch refracting telescope to the university of Cambridge 2 March 1889; mayor of Gateshead 1867–8; F.R.A.S. 1864; F.R.S. 3 June 1875; M.I.M.E. 1879; received Brazilian order of the Rose 1872; D.C.L. Durham 1887; author of Facts relating to the invention of the submarine cable, and to the first cable between Dover and Calais 1882. _d._ Ferndene, near Gateshead 21 April 1889. _Proc. of Royal Soc. xlvi_, _p. xxxiii_ (1890). NEWBIGGING, SIR WILLIAM (son of Robert Newbigging of Lanark, solicitor). _b._ Lanark 1772; F.R.C.S. Edinb. 1799; F.R.S. Edinb.; surgeon royal infirmary, Edinb. for periods of 12 and 8 years respectively; knighted at St. James’s palace 18 July 1838; author of Case of inguinal and popliteal aneurism cured by tying the external iliac artery, Edinb. 1815; Harveian oration 1838. _d._ 29 Heriot row, Edinburgh 23 Oct. 1852. NEWBON, ROBERT ALGER. Auctioneer at 275 Upper st. Islington, London; left by his will £20,000 to the royal national lifeboat institution, on condition that five lifeboats were provided, to be named respectively the Ann Newbon after his mother, the Lucy Newbon after his late wife, the Betsy Newbon and the Nancy Newbon after his sisters, and the Bob Newbon after himself; bequeathed to the incumbent and wardens of chapel of ease Upper st. Islington, £20,000 to be applied at their discretion for the schools and charities connected with the chapel, and to the Great Northern central hospital to found a Newbon ward £15,000. _d._ 28 Oct. 1891, probate duty paid on £130,000 Dec. 1891. NEWBOULD, WILLIAM WILLIAMSON (son of a Russia merchant). _b._ Sheffield 20 Jany. 1819; ed. at Trin. coll. Camb., B.A 1842, M.A. 1845; C. of Comberton and Harleton, Cambs. 1851–64; F.B.S. Edinb. 1841; an original member of Ray Society 1844; F.L.S. 1863; made botanical excursions to Jersey, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland 1842–62; added five or six species to the British flora; gave much help to C. C. Babington, G. S. Gibson and other botanists in their books. _d._ Kew 16 April 1886. _bur._ Fulham cemet. _Journal of botany_ (1886) 159–74. NEWBURGH, MARGARET, Countess of (3 dau. of first marquess of Ailsa 1770–1846). _b._ 16 June 1800; _m._ 14 Nov. 1817 John Thomas Eyre, styled seventh earl of Newburgh, _b._ 1790 and _d._ 22 May 1833; joined the church of Rome; a friend of lady Lothian and lady Georgiana Fullerton; blind for some years but still worked for the poor. _d._ 35 Wilton crescent, London 3 Sept. 1889. _P. Gallwey’s Salvage from the wreck_ (1890) _xxxii portrait_. NEWBURGH, MARIA CECILIA AGATHA ANNA JOSEPHA LAURENTIA DONATA MELCHIORA BALTHASSARA GASPARA BANDINI, Countess of (only child of Vincent, prince Giustiniani, styled 6 earl of Newburgh 1762–1826). _b._ Rome 5 Feb. 1796; _m._ 21 Sept. 1815 Charles, 4 marquis Bandini and Rustano in the Roman states, he _d._ 5 June 1851; succeeded her father as princess Giustiniani and countess of Newburgh 13 Nov. 1826; naturalised by 20 and 21 Vict. cap. 14, 17 Aug. 1857; confirmed by the house of lords as countess of Newburgh 30 July 1858. _d._ Rome May 1878. NOTE.--In the peerages of Burke, Lodge and Foster she is said to have died 8 Jany. 1877, but the death was not announced in The Times until 27 May 1878. NEWBY, EMMA (daughter of the rev. Henry Barry, R. of Draycot Cerne, Wilts.) _m._ 27 June 1848, Charles John Newby of London, solicitor, who _d._ 27 Aug. 1867; author of Margaret Hamilton, a novel, 3 vols. 1858; Right and left, 3 vols. 1862; Wondrous strange, 3 vols. 1864; Trodden down, 3 vols. 1866; Common sense, 3 vols. 1865, 2 ed. 1866; Only temper, 3 vols. 1868; Married, 3 vols. 1869; Langley manor, 3 vols. 1872; His wife, 3 vols. 1879. NEWBY, THOMAS CAUTLEY. Publisher at 65 Mortimer st. Cavendish sq. London 1843–4, at 72 Mortimer st. 1844–9, and at 30 Welbeck st. 1849–74; retired March 1874; one of the chief publishers of novels. _d._ 1882. NEWCASTLE, HENRY PELHAM PELHAM-CLINTON, 4 Duke of (elder son of Thomas Pelham-Clinton, 3 duke of Newcastle 1752–95). _b._ 30 Jany. 1785; styled lord Clinton 1785–94, and earl of Lincoln 1794–5; succeeded his father 17 May 1795; ed. at Eton 1796–1803; went to France 1803, detained there 1803–7; lord lieut. of Nottingham 20 Dec. 1809, dismissed 4 May 1839; K.G. 19 June 1812; the mob of Nottingham burnt Nottingham castle 10 Oct. 1831, for the damage done he was awarded sum of £21,000 in 1832; author of Thoughts in times past, tested by subsequent events